Dr Thomas Hillas (1827-1892)

Maker
Freeman & Co. (estab. 1855)
Date
Circa 1870
 Description
Photograph of Dr Thomas Hillas, House surgeon Ballarat Hospital until October 1859.
Thomas Hillas came to Australia as a child in 1840, and then returned as a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1852. He travelled out to Australia on the first ship to bring Mrs. Chisholm's free migrants. His practice began in Collingwood before moving to Ballarat. Here Dr Hillas performed the first caesarian operation in Australia. In 1876 he moved to Wagga and died in 1892, aged 64.

Son of Surgeon Dr. George Leicester Hillas.
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Object detail

Maker
Date
Circa 1870
Medium
paper, card, photo reprint mounted in book
Measurements
6.0 x 7.0 cm (photograph)
Accession Number
MHMA1013.2
Credit line
Loaned to the Medical History Museum by the Australian Medical Association (Victorian branch) in 1994, then donated in 2011
Associated Person
Object Type
photographic medium/photograph
Named Collection
AMA Victoria Archive
Medical History Museum Category
Photography, Sound and Film
Medicine in Society
Museum
Medical History Museum

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